Trans people still miss out on equality
Without an amendment to the Single Equality Act, many of us will continue to live in fear and discomfort
* Natasha Curson
* guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 March 2010 11.30 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/15/trans-people-equality-act-amendment (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/15/trans-people-equality-act-amendment)
In 2006 my employer circulated a staff questionnaire on diversity. Struggling with my gender identity, I found the courage to complete it and declare that no, I did not feel able to present at work in my preferred gender. But so terrified was I of the possibility of exposure that I put the completed survey in a postbox so that it would arrive from outside the campus and nothing, short of fingerprinting, could connect it to me.
Two years later I began to transition and the protections of the Gender Recognition Act folded around me. My employer suddenly had obligations to treat me fairly and to protect my privacy.